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Unconditional election (also called sovereign election [1] or unconditional grace) is a Calvinist doctrine relating to predestination that describes the actions and motives of God prior to his creation of the world, when he predestined some people to receive salvation, the elect, and the rest he left to continue in their sins and receive the just punishment, eternal damnation, for their ...
Election, reprobation, the Fall, mercy, and justice are coordinate elements within the one divine decree. Election and reprobation do not occasion the Fall, nor does the Fall occasion election and reprobation, but they are coordinate elements logically ordered for purpose of manifesting divine glory. [a]
Because the Time Is Near: John MacArthur Explains the Book of Revelation (2007) Moody ISBN 0-8024-0728-5; The Extraordinary Mother: Blessings for You from Bible Moms (2007) J. Countryman ISBN 1-4041-0393-7; The Truth War: Fighting for Certainty in an Age of Deception (2007) Nelson ISBN 0-7852-6263-6
John 3:16; Peter proclaims that everyone who calls upon Jesus will be saved. Acts 2:21; God calls all people everywhere to repent. Acts 17:30, 2 Peter 3:9; God desires all people to be saved. 1 Timothy 2:4; Jesus is a ransom for all. 1 Timothy 2:6; Jesus is the propitiation "for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the sins of the whole ...
John Wenham's 1974 book The Goodness of God contained a chapter that challenged the traditional church doctrine, and it was the first book from an evangelical publishing house to do so. [43] [61] It was republished later as The Enigma of Evil. [62] He contributed a chapter on conditionalism in the 1992 book Universalism and the Doctrine of Hell ...
[3] [4] [5] Although the doctrine of limited atonement is taught in the Canons of Dort, [6] the term "Hyper-Calvinism" in previous generations has been used to define those who reject the view that the atonement is sufficient for all mankind or that there is a general design in the death of Christ.
The MacArthur Study Bible, first issued in 1997 by current HarperCollins brand W Publishing, is a study Bible edited by evangelical preacher John F. MacArthur with introductions and annotations to the 66 books of the Protestant Bible.
Eternal security, also known as "once saved, always saved" is the belief providing Christian believers with absolute assurance of their final salvation.Its development, particularly within Protestantism, has given rise to diverse interpretations, especially in relation with the defining aspects of theological determinism, libertarian free will and the significance of personal perseverance.